Not currently offered
Course code

NURS2202

Units

10 units

Level

2000 level

Course handbook

Description

This course provides the clinical foundations to the care of adults and children across a range of contexts. The development of critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills related to assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care, safe medication practices, relevant legal and ethical principles are integral to this course. The course includes 4 weeks clinical placement.


Availability

Not currently offered.

This Course was last offered in Semester 2 - 2022.


Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the course students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate the provision of person-centred and culturally competent care to people with cardiovascular, respiratory and neurological in a simulated environment

2. Therapeutic communication with a person who has cognitive and/or sensory impairment to ensure patient safety

3. Assessment and management of cardiovascular, respiratory and neurological chronic and acute conditions in a simulated environment

4. Demonstrate safe and professional nursing care in the provision of care for a person who has had a stroke, cardiac or respiratory event using the clinical reasoning cycle in a simulated environment

5. Assessment and management of the deteriorating patient with respect to myocardial infarction in a simulated environment

6. Demonstrate the ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with consumers, families, carers and the interdisciplinary team in the clinical environment

7. Plan and provide person centred safe, ethical and legal professional nursing care to at least 2 patient in a clinical setting (settings include but are not restricted to mental health, ageing, acute, rehabilitation, community, justice health) with the involvement of other health professionals

8. Demonstrate appropriate nursing practice in accordance with the Registered Nurse Standards for Practice including the ability to communicate in English with patients and staff in the clinical environment

9. Engage in reflection of nursing care of people with cardiovascular, respiratory and neurological chronic and acute conditions to identify professional development needs in a simulated setting

10. Students that complete this course will also be able to demonstrate competence in the following core skills at a second year level:a) oxygen administrationb) intravenous medication administration via bolus and burette


Content

Person-centered care; critical thinking in health assessment and care planning; clinical reasoning; care of 'the deteriorating patient'; cultural competence; quality use of medicines; therapeutic communication, interprofessional communication; and patient safety


Review of Progress

This course is a compulsory program requirement and is monitored for academic progress purposes. The course must be completed to progress in the program or meet other program requirements.

Failure or withdrawal from this course will result in students being considered under the Student Academic Progress Procedure.


Requisites

This course only available students active in the B Nursing [11725] program

Pre-requisite - successful completion of NURS1201, NURS1202, HUBS1406 HUBS1416

Pre or Co-requisite - NURS2101 and NURS2103

Students must have no unresolved unsatisfactory reports from previous clinical placements to enrol in this course.


Assessment items

Quiz: Quiz
Compulsory Requirement: Submit assessment item - Must submit this assessment to pass the course.

Viva Voce: Holistic Clinical Assessment - Oral Assignment
Compulsory Requirement: Submit assessment item - Must submit this assessment to pass the course.

Professional Task: Clinical Performance (Laboratory, Core Skills and Clinical attendance and performance)
Compulsory Requirement: Pass requirement - Must pass this assessment item to pass the course.


Compulsory Requirements

Compulsory Placement and WHS Requirements:

  • NSW Health Verification Requirements - Mandatory NSW Health Verification Requirements must be met. - Failure to complete the Mandatory NSW Health Verification that results in cancellation of placement by NSW Health will result in a 'criterion fail' and a grade of ZERO for the course.

Course outline

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